{"id":60865,"date":"2026-07-11T20:11:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T00:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/venice-biennale-faces-eu-funding-cuts-over-russian-participation\/11\/07\/2026\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T20:11:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T00:11:02","slug":"venice-biennale-faces-eu-funding-cuts-over-russian-participation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/venice-biennale-faces-eu-funding-cuts-over-russian-participation\/11\/07\/2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Venice Biennale faces EU funding cuts over Russian participation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Venice Biennale could face EU funding cuts due to the reopening of the Russian pavilion at the world-renowned art show for the first time since the start of the war on Ukraine, European Commission Vice-President Henna Virkkunen said on Saturday.<\/p>\n
“The Commission officially recommends EACEA to terminate the \u20ac2 million [$2.2 million] grant to the Venice Biennale,” Virkkunen wrote on X, referring to the European Education and Culture Executive Agency.<\/p>\n
“Culture in Europe – funded with taxpayers money – should promote and safeguard democratic values,” she added in a reply to her post.<\/p>\n
“These values are not respected in today’s Russia.”<\/p>\n
Russia is participating in the Venice Biennale, which is held every two years, for the first time this year since launching a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022.<\/p>\n
In 2022, the artists due to participate in the art show spontaneously withdrew in protest over the war.<\/p>\n
In 2024, Moscow allowed Bolivia to use the pavilion.<\/p>\n
According to earlier information from Brussels, the European Commission is currently providing the Biennale Foundation with a total of \u20ac2 million over a three-year period to support film producers and immersive technology.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n